The Skinny Showcase: Liana Moran

My current work is looking into modern technology within mass communication. I'm interested in the notion that people nowadays have a fear of not being ‘connected’ and also a fear of being excessively ‘connected’; by connected I am referring to mobile phones, internet and television. Key concepts that I am interested in are: objects and machines like T.V aerials, mobile phone masts, defunct devices; wireless transmitters and the image of the Cyborg; looking at a more visual way of displaying (interior and exterior) impacts of technology on humans. There is a historical thread running through my work, commenting on current technology similar to other artists making work about the technology of their time. The definition of a Cyborg is a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependant upon a mechanical or electronic device; I think this is relevant to our generation. [Liana Moran]